Archive for 'microsoft' Category

The Matrix Runs on Windows

By Surferbill - Last updated: Wednesday, November 12, 2008

The Matrix Runs on Windows – CollegeHumor video. Pretty good for a bunch of people who can’t spell humour.

Have you ever forgotten to include a subject in an important email message?

By Surferbill - Last updated: Saturday, November 1, 2008

Have you ever forgotten to include a subject in an important email message? You can setup Outlook to prompt you to enter a subject before sending an email message. The steps are simple and can be completed in only a few minutes. Follow these simple steps to create the reminder: 1. Open Microsoft Outlook.2. Press [...]

Vista is Slow

By Surferbill - Last updated: Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Vista is Slow Originally uploaded by Surferbill. Extracting a 798MB zip file under Vista will allegedly take nearly a day and a half!

Want a Wii, PS3 or Xbox 360 for Christmas?

By Surferbill - Last updated: Monday, December 10, 2007

Amazon.co.uk today announced the launch of ‘Amazon Customers Vote’ at www.amazon.co.uk/customersvote on Monday December 10. Thousands of must-have Christmas gifts – including the Nintendo Wii, Sony Playstation 3 and Toshiba HD-EP30 HD-DVD player – will be offered at discounts of up to 75% off throughout the week.

How To View Your Google Calendar In Outlook 2007

By Surferbill - Last updated: Tuesday, November 20, 2007

I’ve been looking for this since I started using Google Calendar, and now with Office 2007 you can easily view your Google calendar in Outlook. Outlook calls it an Internet Calendar, and uses the iCal link in your Google Calendar Settings. Log on to your Google Calendar account. In the left column, under Calendars, click [...]

Slow down, all you multitaskers

By Surferbill - Last updated: Monday, March 26, 2007

CNET News.com reports on how you can’t do two things at once. This in particular resonated with me: “In a recent study, a group of Microsoft workers took, on average, 15 minutes to return to serious mental tasks, like writing reports or computer code, after responding to incoming e-mail or instant messages. They strayed off [...]